Play Around the Christmas Tree
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Play Around the Christmas Tree is the fourth album and the first Christmas
album by Play. It was the last studio album by Play before its 2005 break-up and until 2010.
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
album by Play. It was the last studio album by Play before its 2005 break-up and until 2010.
Track listing
- "Sleigh RideSleigh Ride"Sleigh Ride" is a popular light orchestral piece composed by Leroy Anderson. The composer had the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946; he finished the work in February 1948. Lyrics, about a person who would like to ride in a sleigh on a winter's day with another person,...
" – 3:24 - "Winter WonderlandWinter Wonderland"Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly treated as a Christmastime pop standard, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith . Through the decades it has been recorded by over 150 different artists.-History:...
" – 2:03 - "O Holy NightO Holy Night"O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
" – 3:38 - "Let It SnowLet It Snow"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in 1945. The song was written in July 1945 in Hollywood, California during one of the hottest days on record. First recorded by Vaughn Monroe, it became a popular...
" – 1:48 - "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" – 1:54
- "Silver Bells" –2:10
- "Rockin' Around the Christmas TreeRockin' around the Christmas Tree"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958 on Decca 9-30776.-Background:...
" – 2:07 - "The Christmas SongThe Christmas Song"The Christmas Song" is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer...
" – 3:13 - "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – 3:55
- "Silent Night" – 3:04
Personnel
- Anaïs LamecheAnaïs LamecheAnaïs Helena Kretz Lameche is an original member of the Swedish pop group Play. She is the only member of Play out of its seven different members to appear in all four different line-ups of the group...
- Janet LeonJanet LeonJanet Ava Leon is a professional Swedish singer and dancer of Persian and Spanish descent.-Time in Play:She joined the pop group Play in late 2003...
- Rosie Munter
- Anna SundstrandAnna SundstrandAnna Maria Carolina Sundstrand is a Swedish singer and model. She was a member of the Swedish pop group Play from the group's formation in 2001 when she was 12 until their breakup in 2005...